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An electrical conductor is a material that can carry electricity.
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What do you call a material that does not let electricity pass through it?
A material that does not conduct (or allow the 'passage' of) electricity is called an "insulator".
Which property makes it difficult for electricity to pass through a material?
density
What material allows electrical energy to move through it?
Every material conducts electricity, some materials are just better than others. The best conducter of electricity is silver, but silver is very expensive. Because of this, copper is used as it is a very good conductor of electricity but it is cheap.
Any material that allows electricity to pass through easily?
This is called a conductor.
Why is Electricity called Electricity?
It comes from the Greek word "electron." However, to the Greeks that word didn't mean what it does to us; it meant the material we call amber. It's called that because one of the first noticed electrical phenomena was that if you rubbed a piece of amber with a cloth you could build up a static charge and make a small spark.
What do you call a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily?
A material that electricity can conduct electricity.
What do you call a material that does not let electricity pass through it?
A material that does not conduct (or allow the 'passage' of) electricity is called an "insulator".
How is call the ease which a material allows electricity?
resistance
What do you call a material that is poor conductor of heat or electricity?
An insulator.
How do you know if a material will carry electricity?
If you know what the material is you can determine whether the material is a normal conductor of electricity by reference. If not try completing a circuit with torch battery(ies), a bulb from the torch, some wire and see if the bulb lights up. If so the material in the circuit conducts electricity.
What do you call a material that does not allow electricity to pass through it?
An electrical "insulator".
What do you call a material that wont carry an electric current?
An insulator
What material conducts electrical energy well?
Copper cables are reputed to carry electricity well.
Is metal a conductor of electricity?
For a material to conduct electricity, it must have free movable electric charges, such as free electrons or free ions, in order to 'carry' electricity. In the case of metals, there is a 'sea' of delocalized electrons. These free electrons can 'carry' the electricity, and thus, it is a conductor.
Is metal a electrical conductor?
For a material to conduct electricity, it must have free movable electric charges, such as free electrons or free ions, in order to 'carry' electricity. In the case of metals, there is a 'sea' of delocalized electrons. These free electrons can 'carry' the electricity, and thus, it is a conductor.
What materials will not carry or conduct electricity?
Insulator materials will not carry or conduct electricity.
What does conductor mean in science?
It means that it's a material whose outer shell electrons move freely across the surface of the material. Conductors can carry an electric current
